# Environment variable descriptions

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/environment-variable-descriptions/42519>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** variables\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/environment-variable-descriptions/42519 "2023-01-02T09:21:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JanDoggen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@JanDoggen](https://community.postman.com/u/JanDoggen)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/environment-variable-descriptions/42519/1 "2023-01-02T09:21:13Z")

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It would be really helpful if we could add descriptions to environment variables.

Is there a way to do so?

If not, consider this a feature request: add a description column to the environment edit screen

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**Author:** ![w4dd325](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/w4dd325/32/12436_2.png) [@w4dd325](https://community.postman.com/u/w4dd325)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/environment-variable-descriptions/42519/2 "2023-01-02T19:01:30Z")

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Hi @JanDoggen

Feature requests can be submitted here:

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